Dana Elaine Owens

Queen Latifah is a popular music performer who is called the "queen of female rap" in the United States. She is also known as a fashion model and actress with 30 film roles. Most of her characters in the films are desperate and fearless persons who do not care about the opinions of others, which exactly coincides with the character of the talented and outrageous Latifa.

The rap star's real name is Dana Elaine Owens. She is an American with African and Indian roots. The future singer was born in New York on March 18, 1970.

Parents, besides her, raised their son Lancelot, his mother worked as a teacher, and his father was a policeman. They separated when the girl was 10 years old.

The nickname Latifa, meaning "tender", Dana received as a child from her cousin and later decided to take as her stage name.

In her school years, the girl played on the basketball team, but sports fascinated her not as much as music and the stage - she tried to perform in almost every school play and sang in the church choir. Dana's first performance took place at the St. Anne Parish School - a talented student sang the aria Home from the musical "The Wizard of Oz".

In her teens, Queen began writing her songs - rap songs about the fate of black women. After completing her secondary education, she became a member of the Ladies Fresh group. One day, Latifa's mother managed to show her daughter's song to local DJ Mark James, and he helped young talents to punch their way onto the stage. In the basement of his parents' house, Mark equipped a small studio, where the girl group recorded their first album. Also at this time it was decided to change the name to Flavor Unit.

Mark later handed the recording over to MTV friend Fred Bradwaith. So the group became part of the musical scene, and they were noticed by the producer of the label Tommy Boy Records Dant Ross. A 3-year contract was eventually signed with Latifa alone, and in 1988 her first professional single Wrath of My Madness was released.

After that, the singer got a chance to perform at the Apollo Theater - this hall in the Harlem quarter eventually played a huge role both in Latifa's creative biography and in the development of the entire African American musical culture.

In 1999, the full-length debut album All Hail the Queen was released, which immediately made Queen wildly popular: the total circulation was 1 million copies. Among fans, she is still considered the best work among all female rap. In the next 4 years, Latifa wrote 2 more albums, and her hits received 6 Grammy nominations. The last work of the singer in the hip-hop genre came out in 1999, after which she switched to soul and jazz. The singer received a Grammy for her single Unity.

Latifa got her first film role in 2001 in the film Tropical Fever. She gained a resounding success by shooting in the TV series "Single Room", which aired from 1993 to 1998. After that, Queen's career took off, and in 1999 she created her own television show.

In 2002, Queen Latifah won an Oscar - this is how critics praised her role in the famous musical Chicago. 3 years later, the artist received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and starred in the new film Beauty Salon.

In 2006, her filmography was replenished with the film "The Last Vacation", where Latifa played the shy saleswoman Georgia Byrd. Learning that she is terminally ill and her days are already numbered, the girl rushes to all the hard in order to live the remaining time "to the fullest", and during her eccentricities finds love and life's work. Gerard Depardieu became her filming partner.

After 2 years, Queen starred in the crime comedy Easy Money. Later, critics spoke negatively about him, and the film received the 3rd place in the rating of "10 worst films of the year".

Quinn really dislikes talking about his personal life and shies away from them, not wanting to comment on or refute even scandalous rumors. It is known that she never had a husband. The only frankness that the singer recently decided on is the recognition of how much she dreams of children: Latifa plans to adopt a child. According to her, she was going to do it from the age of 17.

Nevertheless, some details of her private life are still known to the public, for example, that Queen is bisexual. The fans considered her desire to participate in the gay pride to be a confession of being gay.

It is also known that she was in a relationship with Kendu Isaacs and Janet Jenkins. Now Latifa is dating a girl named Ebony Nichols. The couple is often seen together, but the circumstances of their acquaintance and details about the new girlfriend are unknown to the press.

The singer was very attached to her brother, but he died early. At 24, Lancelot crashed on a motorcycle donated by his sister. Even many years later, Latifa continues to bitterly regret what happened - as a token of her memory, she wears a chain with keys from that very motorcycle around her neck.

Latifa is famous for its magnificent forms and has never been shy about her body. Her weight is 95 kg with a height of 178 cm.On the web, you can find many photos of the singer in swimsuits and revealing outfits. In 2005, Quinn starred for a plus-size lingerie commercial. In an interview, however, she admitted that physique is often a source of trouble for her. For a long time, the actress suffered from back pain due to the size of her breasts, and in 2009 she even decided to undergo surgery to reduce it in order to reduce the load on the spine.

The "Rap Queen" is also known for her business acumen. Even in her youth, she started investing, having received the very first money from her debut album. Her start-up business was a small video store located right in the house where she lived at the time. Later, Latifa realized that the easiest way to achieve financial success was in a familiar area, and took up music production.

In 2018, the media reported on the death of the singer's mother. Rita Owens fought for a long time with a serious illness that caused heart failure. She always supported her daughter in all matters. Quinn spoke frankly about her illness in the documentary "Mother's Day", which was filmed by the American Heart Association.

Today Latifa holds many concerts and plans to act as a producer of the series. The painting "Single Men and Single Women" was already released in 1993, and she wants to create an updated version of it.

Quinn maintains a page on Instagram with millions of subscribers, where she publishes photos with family, friends and stage partners.

1989 - All Hail the Queen 1991 - Nature of a Sista 1993 - Black Reign 1998 - Order in the Court 2004 - The Dana Owens Album 2007 - Trav'lin 'Light 2009 - Persona

1991 - "Tropical Fever" 1992 - "Authority" 1993-1998 - "Single Room" 1998 - "To the fullest" 2002 - "Chicago" 2004 - "New York Taxi" 2004 - "Shashlik" 2005 - "Beauty Salon" 2006 - "The Last Vacation" 2010 - "Valentine's Day" 2010 - "Just Wright" 2011 - "Dilemma" 2013 - "House of Tel" 2016 - "Star" 2017 - "Cool Girls"

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